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Q&A WITH MACKENZIE CROOK

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Q: Did you grow up surrounded by nature?

A: I grew up in suburbia but very close to nature and all of my spare time was spent down by the river, or in the woods, and my holidays were spent on the family farm in Zimbabwe so I then had all the African wildlife and nature in my school holidays. I imagined that was what I would go into for a while – conservation or something.

Q: Did your parents

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